Source Analysis Paper History 1111 Mathew Myers “Descriptions of Western Regions” is a primary source written between 138B.C.E. and 125B.C.E, by Zhang Qian, giving descriptions of his encounters during his journey westward. Zhang Qian was a Chinese ambassador, who was sent westward to find allies for the Chinese Empire. They needed allies against the Xiongnu, who terrorized the Chinese. While on his journey, he was held captive for over ten years by the Xiongnu, and found out much information about them.
Big Red by Jim Kjelgaard speaks about a dog named Red,and a boy named Danny. Danny and his father Ross lived at Smokey Creek on to the edge of Mr. Haggin's Wintapi Estate. Mr. Haggin was the owner of Red.In the beginningof the story,Danny was out in the woods hunting bulls. At first,Danny didn't see any bull,but he saw Old Majesty the big bear. Danny had stalked this big bear a lot of times abd thought that maybe this time he might get the shot that he had waited for so long.
Billy owned three traps his father had given him. Billy would set each trap in different canebrakes to find all sorts of small animals. He would sell their furs at his grandfather’s store. A rabbits fur would get him twenty five
The biggest festival is held in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. Every year, the city throws a large festival at the Luis Muñoz Marin Park. Delectable food and drinks fill the aroma of the air, live music fills your eardrums, and little kids surround you everywhere. On some occasions, a number of lucky kids receive additional gifts. But the only thing the kids and parents are waiting for is for The Three Kings’ arrival.
The synopsis: It is written in the voice of 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives in a post-apocalyptic world in the country of Panem where the countries of North America once existed. The Capitol, a highly advanced metropolis, holds hegemony over the rest of the nation. The Hunger Games are an annual event in which one boy and one girl aged 12 to 18 from each of the 12 districts surrounding the Capitol are selected by lottery to compete in a televised battle to the death until only one person is left. I asked my son if he thought that violent reading was a good idea for a 12 year old and he did think for a moment before he said, “dad I play war games with blood and guns, what is the difference?” Point taken, I thought. So what does exposure to young children do?
Mardi Gras occurs every year and is considered the “biggest free party” on earth. You can dress in costumes and be who you desire to be all day long. It is amazing how different cultures come together and celebrate the entire day with
He is twelve years old, and will hold the 2012 Guinness World Record for longest-surviving member of a group known as Janus cats. Dr. Karl Shuker, a British zoologist, has dubbed these animals Janus cats after the two-faced Roman God of doorways. Diprosia is an extremely rare congenital condition in which part or all of your face is duplicated on your head, it is caused by a protein called sonic hedgehog homolog or SHH. It has been recorded a number of times in the domestic cat (Guinness World Record Book). Frank and Louie were adopted by Marty Stevens at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University.
to forge military alliances with kingdoms west of his northwestern archenemy the Xiongnu (or Hun) tribes. He charged General Zhang Qian with this mission, giving him one hundred of his best fighting men and valuable gifts to seal the military cabals. Thirteen years later, having been a Xiongnu hostage for ten years, General Zhang returned to the Imperial Han court with only one other member of the original party. Though he had failed to make a single military alliance, General Zhang enthralled the court with information of the thirty-six commercially vibrant kingdoms west of China's frontier. Compounding the Emperor's interest was his description of the magnificent horses he'd seen in the Ferghana valley (modern day Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan); horses that were stronger and faster than any in China, horses so fine as to render the Chinese army
Did Britain really change during the Industrial Revolution as much as Danny Boyle had shown in the Olympic Opening Ceremony? This year was one of the greatest and historical years that I have ever witnessed. Experiencing the amazing Diamond Jubilee and then over to the medal breaking Olympic Games. But who would forget the Opening Ceremony to London 2012? Starting with a lovely pleasant playground of children and villagers from the 18th century, enjoying the fresh air around them and the spring smell of harvested crops and plants, but something tipped the scene and the century upside down causes massive disruption to every living thing during that century.
2 February 2012 Woodstock Woodstock was the largest music and art festival ever recorded in history. Over a half a million people from all around the country organized on a small dairy farm in New York to support their favorite artists and stand against the mainstream. These three days changed the lives of the concert goers and society forever. Woodstock was an outlet for counter culture, a group whose ideals rivaled those of the mainstream. Woodstock was the most influential music festival of its time; it was three days of peace and music that represented the counter culture as it stood against the mainstream and its political views.